Liquid-dispenser.



W. G. MALOZ.

LIQUID DISPENSER. APPLIQATION FILED JAN. 30, 1912.

Patented June 11, 1912.

Witnesses Inventor Attorneys UNITED STATES PATENT oFnioE.

WALTER CHRISTIAN MALOZ, OF PATTERSON, LOUISIANA, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT ANDMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, 0F ONE-THIRD TO DAVID H. MALOZ, OF PATTERSON, LOUISI-ANA, AND ONE-THIRD T0 WILLIAM P. BRADY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

LIQUID-DISPENSER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1912.

Application filed January 30, 1912. Serial No. 674,296.

v with a source of supply of liquid, such as a barrel, cask, tank or thelike, andwhich shall be readily operable to dispense a predeterminedamount or predetermined amounts of the liquid.

This invention also has for its object to dispense with the commonmeasures for measuring and dispensing vinegar, cider, beverages andother liquids, or semi-liquids in grocery stores, liquor stores, and thelike, to accurately and rapidly permit the liquid to be dispensed. inpredetermined amounts, and thereby obviate the insanitation and wasteaccruing from the use of common measures.

To the above ends, this invention is embodied in the novel constructionand combination of parts elicited in the following description andpointed out in the appended claims, it being understood that this deviceis susceptible of alterations or deviations-in its details within thescope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompaying drawings, wherein similar reference characters indicatesimilar parts, and wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device as applied to a barrel. Fig.2 is a side elevation thereof, the barrel being shown in section. Figs.v3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are sections on the respective lines 33, 4E4=, 55, 66and 77 of Fig. 1. I

Referring in detail to the drawings, the

' numeral 10 designates a wooden or metallic body, whichever ispreferable, which body has a vertical taperedspigot socket 13 extendingtherethrough and the respective recesses 11 and 12 in its upper end atthe sides of spigot socket to form liquid measures of differentcapacities. The body 10 is provided with a nipple 19 projecting from therear side thereof, which nipple 19 has the duct 20 extending toandcommunicating with the spigot socket 13. The liquid measure 11 isprovided with an inlet 23 which extends to and communicates with thespigot socket 13 and the said liquid-measure is provided with adischarge outlet 15 extending from the lower end thereof to the spigotsocket, while the liquid measure 12 is provided with an inlet 24extending to the spigot socket and a discharge outlet 14 ex:

tending from the lower end of the liquid measure 12 to the said spigotsocket. The

respective liquid measures 11 and 12 are provlded with.closures 27 and28, which are screw-threaded into the upper ends thereof,

and each of the said closures has an air vent 29 extending therethroughand a valve seat 30 at the lower end of the vent. A buoyant valve 33 isarranged below the air vent 29 of each of the closures and is adapted tobe raised upon the corresponding measures be- 7 coming filled to closethe passage through the vent and thereby prevent the liquid fromescaping through the air vent, but permitting the air to escapetherethrough as the measure is being filled. This valve 33 is providedwith a stem 31 passing loosely through the air vent and which has theupper end thereof bent angularly as designated'by the numeral 32 tonormally seat or bear on the top of the closure to suspendthe valve at asuitable distance below the seat 30 and thereby preventing the valvefrom dropping into the corresponding measure. The tapered spigot 16 fitssnugly through the spigot socket. has a diametrical duct 21 extendingtherethrough adapted toregister with the inlets 20, 23 and 24, and thesaid spigot 16 has a duct 22 extending radially from an inter mediateportion of the duct 21 to the exterior of the spigot, which ducto22 isadapted to register with the said inlets. The spigot also has alongitudinal discharge duct 17 extending upwardly from the lower endthereof, with the upper end of the duct 17 00 This spigot 16 90 Thespigot 16 In use, the nipple 19 is engaged through the barrel, cask ortank B, or is otherwise connected to a supply of liquid to establish acommunication of the liquid into the body 10 of the dispenser. Normally,the spigot 16 is so turned that the duct 22 registers with the duct 20in which event the duct 21 registers with the inlets 23 and 24 of themeasures 11 and '12, whereupon the liquid flows into the measures,communication having been established between the respective inlets.When the measures become filled, the buoyant valves 33 rise against theseats 30 of the closures, thereby closing the passages through the airvents, which air vents permit the escape of -air as the measures arebeing filled, and the flow of liquid into the measures will therefore bestopped, the valves 33 in being closed pre venting the escape of liquidthrough the air vents. The branch duct 18 extends in a directionopposite to the duct 22 and is normally out of registration with eitherof the outlet ducts 14 and 15. Then by turning the spigot in eitherdirection, the duct 18 may be made to register with the discharge outletof the corresponding measure (measure 12 in Figs. 3 and 4), in whichevent, the liquid will be discharged or will escape through thedischarge outlet thereof and through the ducts 18 and 17 of the spigot,the communicationbetween the inlet 20 and the inlet of the correspondingmeasure having been cut oil". Thus either measure may be alternatelyfilled and emptied, through its inlet and outlet, respectively, thecommunication between the inlet 20 and the inlet of either measure andbetween the out-let of the corresponding measure and the duct 18 beingalternately established and out olf by the rotation or turning of thespigot. Then by turning the spigot to normal position the emptiedmeasure is again filled. In this manner, all of the measures arenormally filled and any one may be emptied. This invention thereforeprovides a dispenser for liquids which is readily operable to dispense apredetermined amount or predetermined amounts of the liquid, accordingto the capacity of the liquid measures, say a pint and a quart, and willdispense or obviate with the common measures, which are more or lessinsanitary and wasteful.v

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. In a liquiddispenser adapted to communicate with a supply. of liquid, a pluralityof liquid measures each having an inlet and outlet, and means forestablishing the flow of the liquid into all of the inletssimultaneously, for cutting off the flow of the liquid through any oneof the inlets, and

for inversely establishing and cutting oil the discharge of the liquidfrom the outlet of any measure as the flow to the measure is establishedor cut 0E, so that all of the measures may be normally filled and anyone may be emptied.

2. In a liquid dispenser, a body embodying a plurality of liquidmeasures, and a rotary spigot in the body, the body having an inletextending to the spigot, each measure having an inlet and an outletextending to the spigot, and the spigot having. ducts to establish acommunication between the inlet of the body and all of the inlets of themeasures simultaneously and being adapted to cut off the flow throughany inlet of the measure, and having ducts to permit the liquid to flow.from the outlet of the corre sponding measure when the flow through theinlet of the said measure is cut oil', so that all of the measures maybe normally filled and any one may be emptied.

3. In a liquid dispenser, a body having a vertical spigot sockettherethrough, a plurality' of recesses in its upper end to form liquidvmeasures, an inlet for the body extending to the spigot socket, an inletfor each of the liquid measures extending to the spigot socket, and anoutlet for each of the liquid measures extending from the lower end ofthe liquid measure to the spigot socket, a closure for ,each of theliquid measures and having an air vent therethrou gh; buoyant valves forclosing the vents through the closures when the liquid measures becomefilled; and a spigot fitting through the spigot socket and having ductsto establish a communication between the said inlet of the body and allof the inlets of the liquid measures simultaneously and be-- ing adaptedto cut olf the flow through any inlet of the measures. and having ductsto permit the liquid to flow from the, outlet of the correspondingmeasure when the flow through the inlet of the said measure is cut off,so that all of the measures may be normally filled and anyone may beemptied.

4. A liquid dispenser adapted to communicate with a supply of liquid andembodying a plurality of liquid measures, and means for permitting allof the measures to be filled simultaneously, and for cutting off theflow to any one measure and at the same time to permit the liquid to bedischarged from the measure. A

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

WVALTER CHRISTIAN MALOZ.

Witnesses EDW. DUBROC, LEE PENNY.

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